that one day he was going to have a sailboat. We would go to the

boat shows whenever they came to town and climb into them. My

father would talk to the sales people and I would be busy pretending to

sail the boat. It was fun. Then one day we went to the boat place and

took out a sailboat on the ocean, what a thrill! Soon afterwards he

bought his first boat and named it LETSGO and we sailed and sailed

big bays and seas around New England. When I

was older I got to be

the skipper because he not only told me his dream he showed it to me

and let me taste the idea on my own. Now I was inspired to dream big

too. You see dreams can do wonders for you. When you believe in your

dreams, they take on a life of their own. Now you start dreaming up

things to do to make your inspiration a reality. More dreams, more

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inspiration, then more dreams and a few more. Then one morning you

wake up and the dream has come true. My

dreams have taken me to

so many beautiful places; I've been below the surface of the ocean

watching the beauty of coral and fish as I swim by. I've flown an

airplane with pontoon floats from a lake in northern Maine and another

different plane on a flight over the Grand Canyon. I've also ridden

under my own wind blown sails. The pictures in my head are priceless

and better than any I've taken. Some of the best times I've had were